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J. Dairy Sci. 86:1963-1969
© American Dairy Science Association, 2003.

Ovarian Follicular Responses to High Doses of Pulsatile Luteinizing Hormone in Lactating Dairy Cattle

J. H. Hampton, B. E. Salfen, J. F. Bader, D. H. Keisler and H. A. Garverick

* Animal Sciences Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, 65211

Corresponding author:
H. A. Garverick; e-mail:
garverickh{at}missouri.edu.

Two experiments in lactating dairy cows examined ovarian follicular responses to high, frequent doses of exogenous LH pulses at levels associated with follicular cysts. In Experiment 1, estrus was synchronized in 12 cyclic lactating cows >40 d postpartum. Emergence of the second follicular wave (d 0) was determined by ultrasonography. Starting on d 1, cows received LH (40 µg/h; n = 7) or saline (2 mL/h; n = 5) in hourly pulses for up to 5 (n = 5) or 7 (n = 7) d. On d 2, all cows received two injections of PGF2{alpha}, 12 h apart. In experiment 2, 14 lactating cows (7 to 12 d postpartum) received LH (40 µg/h; n = 7) or saline (1 mL/h; n = 7) in hourly pulses for 7 d, beginning 24 h after start of the first follicular wave. Daily samples were used to determine serum concentrations of progesterone (P4), estradiol-17ß(E2), LH, and FSH. Profiles of LH were determined from blood samples collected at 12-min intervals for 8 h on d 3. During infusion of LH, serum P4 and FSH were similar across treatments in both experiments. Serum E2 concentrations were similar in experiment 1, but serum E2 was greater on d 2, 3, and 5 in LH-treated cows in experiment 2. Infusion increased LH pulse frequency and amplitude in both experiments. Formation of cysts did not differ between LH- and saline-treated cows in either experiment (1 of 7 vs. 0 of 5 and 1 of 6 vs. 0 of 7, respectively). Cows that ovulated had similar intervals to ovulation in experiment 1 [6.0 ± 0.1 d (LH) vs. 6.4 ± 0.2 d (saline)], but in experiment 2, ovulation was 14 d earlier in LH-treated cows (5.6 ± 1.8 d vs 19.9 ± 1.5 d). In conclusion, high concentrations of LH are not solely responsible for formation of cysts in lactating dairy cows. Pulsatile infusion of LH stimulated follicular growth and steroidogenesis and decreased time to first ovulation in anestrous postpartum cows.

Key Words: ovarian cyst • luteinizing hormone • ovulation

Abbreviation key: cysts = ovarian follicular cysts, E2 = estradiol-17ß, P4 = progesterone, RIA = radioimmunoassay




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